Pretium Resources Inc. is facing a lawsuit in the Supreme Court of British Columbia over trespassing in a remote area of B.C. The suit claims that Pretium has used a private airstrip and built roads on a 930-acre parcel, among other things. Pretium has refused to stop its activities, the suit complains.

The allegations are contained in a brief notice of claim filed at the Vancouver courthouse on Sept. 15, 2017. The suit was filed by a private company called Kitov Resources Inc. The sole defendant is Pretium. The suit claims that Kitov is the owner of a 930-acre property located 40 kilometres north of Stewart, B.C. (The location puts the property in the same general area as Pretium's Brucejack mine.) According to the suit, the property has a cabin and an airstrip, both of which were in good condition when Kitov acquired the property.